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Rebuild – Post Zombie Stress Disorder
Tested version: 1.0
Latest version: 3.07
Requires Android: from 2.2
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Summary
The end of the world is nigh... Holy Moly, I'm gonna go armageddon on the next person who brings up this 2012 Mayan calendar apocalypse nonsense. Having said this, I do enjoy the occasional catastrophe, end-of-the-world type game. My favourite apocalypse genre is when zombies take over the earth, which is the premise of today's featured game.
Find out more about Rebuild in today's review.
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Rebuild is based on a popular internet flashgame and its name pretty much sums up the plot: the goal is to rebuild a city. But first you must choose a name, your appearance, tools and the setting, which in turn will determine the difficulty level. As you can imagine, larger cities are more difficult to rebuild and defend than smaller ones. I recommend starting off slowly with one of the smaller cities. Once you've gotten into the flow of things you can try your hand at a bigger one.
In the beginning there was a 2x2 fenced in territory. This little bit of zombie-free haven must be expanded and protected by giving instructions to the city's inhabitants. The gameplay harkens back to round based strategy games, and we like that! No stress, no time limits, but careful planning and forging a future for the humans that are left after the attack.
The most important resources are the humans and their sustenance. All the inhabitants have jobs and roles, and they all count and contribute to rebuilding a society. There are fighters to go up against zombies, gatherers that dole out food to the others, leaders who convince outsider humans to join the anti-zombie cause and master builders who integrate barricaded buildings back into the city scape.
Another wonderful gimmick: the inhabitants become individuals thanks to the fact that each and every one of them can be named. By giving them the names you choose (for instance, you can name them after your friends), you become more involved in their fortunes and thus tread more carefully before putting their lives at risk.
Food is also a big issue. You will have to make decisions such as whether to expand the community or carefully guard what little food resources you have left, or whether farms or housing should be built.
And finally, there's also the 'chance' factor to contend with, in the sense that humans not only have to sort out their living and food situations, they also have to be prepared for enemy attacks, lest they get taken by surprise by a pack of crazed zombies and other hostile groups.
While we love a good strategy game, we found Rebuild to not present enough of a challenge after the second or third time round, even when attempting the more advanced levels.
Bottom line:
Rebuild is definitely good for several hours of intense gaming—provided you're into strategy and civilisation games, that is.
Great atmosphere, nice design and a few clever gimmicks make Rebuild stand out from the crowd.
That said, it didn't keep us enthralled for longer than a few rounds. There aren't enough new events or occurrences to keep gamers glued to their displays.
Still, you can certainly get a good five or six hours gaming out of Rebuild.
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Rebuild's graphics are great and have a distinct comic graphics look to them, rather than a photo-realistic one, and this really compliments the overall atmosphere, as does the soundtrack.
Controls are good and worked seamlessly on both the HTC One X and Desire. The game seems to adapt to display sizes rather well.
Price/Performance Ratio
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You can buy Rebuild for 0,77 Cents from the Google Play Store at the moment; it's marked down as part of the #BecauseWeMay sale.
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Stuart C, Jun 4, 2012
Sim city with zombies! No end of replay value, funny, involving, from simple through to impossible difficulty settings. Get this now.
JediZombie, Jun 4, 2012
Fun and Engaging ASUS Transformer - Works Flawlessly Droid RAZR - Works Flawlessly This game was a lot of fun, I enjoyed most everything about it. It has kept my attention for a few days and I keep wanting to play it again. I do suggest that you turn off the music though, it gets pretty annoying. Other than that, I can tell that it will get stagnant pretty soon, but I have definitely gotten my moneys worth.
daniel, Jun 4, 2012
Mytouch 4g Can't install D: played this game online and loved it I purchased it but doesn't wanna install
Preferiti, Jun 4, 2012
Surprisingly addicting Very few games are simple and addicting. This is the game you want to play when you have more than 5 minutes to play and you don't want to throw birds or make a pipeline for water.
VMLM, Jun 4, 2012
Excellent This game is really fun! Keep making games like this! I like how you can move to another city after you finish the one you're playing, But I wish more stuff would carry over.
Carlo, Jun 4, 2012
Addictive This game is challenging, well made and offers multiple approaches for survival. Basically, the best one could play
Rich, Jun 4, 2012
Tip If you are having trouble installing, unmount SD and try again. Worked for me. Game is OK!
Jake, Jun 4, 2012
The King of casual gaming Very simple premise that is made better by simple game play.
pepoluan, Jun 4, 2012
Strangely Addicting The premises are simple, and the mechanics also simple (turn-based strategy), but the narration makes this game very gripping. Only 4 stars because of ugly graphics and mediocre soundtrack. But even with these drawbacks, I still recommend this game for TBS fans.
Matthew, Jun 4, 2012
Bullshit That you're told you completely win a battle and then you find out your guys got hurt or killed from it anyways... fix this please. Other than that this game is great
Joe, Jun 4, 2012
Fantastic Excellent game, well worth the price...where have my days gone?! A must download and look forward to more!
Rev, Setnakt, Jun 4, 2012
Virus! ENTIRE GAME goes DIRECT to your device NOT YOUR SD CARD DISPITE HOW HUGE IT IS! THEN it eats up dozens of megs from your device WHICH CAN NOT BE CLEARED!
Anthony, Jun 4, 2012
Droid bionic Love zombies, interesting concept. Gave it a try.. well worth it. I thought id be done with it after the first playthrough like most other games, but even after beating it I couldn't put it down. Got me through a 12 hour road trip in what seemed like minutes. Only small issue is that with artwork as good as it has for some scenes, I was a little disappointed in the cartoon-y nature of the city itself. Easy to get over though
molto carino e coinvolgente! Bravi!!!!